Louisa-may-alcott Quotes

That was all I wanted!" whispered Polly, in a tone which caused him to feel that the race of angels ...

The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...str...

…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bub...

On, I don't think I'm a genius!' cried Josie, growing calm and sober as she listened to the melodiou...

Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad ...

Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die...

I think this power of living in our children is one of the sweetest things in the world…

…books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. J...

It is a merciful provision my dears, for it takes three or four women to get each man into, through,...

…I'm always ready to talk, shouldn't be a woman if I were not,' laughed Mrs. Jo…

Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whol...

Boys don't gush, so I can stand it. The last time I let in a party of girls, one fell into my arms a...

It's lovely to see people so happy.

…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.

Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift...

…growing pale and sober with the thought that her fate was soon to be decided; for, like all young p...

And mother-like, Mrs. Jo forgot the threatened chastisement in tender lamentations over the happy sc...

I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods.

…a woman's always safe and comfortable when a fellow's down on his luck.

But, like all happiness, it did not last long…

Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, an...

…for action is always easier than quiet waiting.

…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.

…having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay…

I'm tired of praise; and love is very sweet, when it is simple and sincere like this.

It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant...

…no person, no matter how vivid an imagination he may have, can invent anything half so droll as the...

…in silence learned the sweet solace which affection administers to sorrow.

life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.

I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, with...

…nothing remained but loneliness and grief…

I like good strong words that mean something…

I wish I had no heart, it aches so…

Amy's lecture did Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward. Men seldom ...

…on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.

In her secret soul, however, she decided that politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the miss...

…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing...

I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seem...

Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace.

I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me…

…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.

Don't try to make me grow up before my time…

Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants…

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious ...

Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret…

I don't think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in mind since you told me that…

…feeling as if all the happiness and support of their lives was about to be taken from them.

Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!

…possessed of that indescribable charm called grace.

…wisely mingled poetry and prose.

The clocks were striking midnight and the rooms were very still as a figure glided quietly from bed ...

She would make a man of me. She puts strength and courage into me as no one else can. She is unlike ...